潇湘渌水 @ 2011-02-01 13:47
Is culture an important determinant of preferences for redistribution? To separate culture from the economic and institutional environment ("context"), we relate immigrants' redistributive preferences to the average preference in their birth countries. We find a strong positive relationship that is robust to rich controls for economic factors and cannot easily be explained by selective migration. This effect is as large as that of own household income and appears stronger for those less assimilated into the destination country. Immigrants from high-preference countries are more likely to vote for more pro-redistribution parties. The effect of culture persists strongly into the second generation.
作者要分离文化对人群再分配偏好的影响，但是同时制度（context）和经济条件对此偏好亦有影响，于是作者使用移民群体做样本，结果当然是发现文化“传统”对人的此偏好之影响。
By the way，作者沿用Guiso et al. (2006) 对文化的定义 “those customary beliefs and values that ethnic, religious, and social groups transmit fairly unchanged from generation to generation.”
Luttmer, Erzo F. P., and Monica Singhal. 2011. "Culture, Context, and the Taste for Redistribution." American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 3(1): 157–79.
Guiso, Luigi, Paola Sapienza, and Luigi Zingales. 2006. “Does Culture Affect Economic Outcomes?” Journal of Economic Perspectives, 20(2): 23-48.
作者要分离文化对人群再分配偏好的影响，但是同时制度（context）和经济条件对此偏好亦有影响，于是作者使用移民群体做样本，结果当然是发现文化“传统”对人的此偏好之影响。
By the way，作者沿用Guiso et al. (2006) 对文化的定义 “those customary beliefs and values that ethnic, religious, and social groups transmit fairly unchanged from generation to generation.”
Luttmer, Erzo F. P., and Monica Singhal. 2011. "Culture, Context, and the Taste for Redistribution." American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 3(1): 157–79.
Guiso, Luigi, Paola Sapienza, and Luigi Zingales. 2006. “Does Culture Affect Economic Outcomes?” Journal of Economic Perspectives, 20(2): 23-48.
